An eco-friendly fitness trend that started in 2016 is now growing in popularity with its own world championship competition in Italy. Originating in Sweden, when Erik Ahlström began picking up litter while jogging in Stockholm, the term is a combination of the Swedish word plocka, which means “to pick up”, and…
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Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author…
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On this day 375 years ago, perhaps the greatest physicist the world has known, Isaac Newton, was born. Widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time, he invented his own calculus when he was 26 years old. An English mathematician, astronomer, and theologian, his book Principia, “Mathematical…
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A Utah student decided to dedicate her master’s thesis to the pursuit of getting a historic piece of land art inscribed on the National Registry of Historic Places. Succeeding on all fronts, ‘Spiral Jetty,’ the famous creation on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, becomes the first feature of the…
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A new way of treating common inflammatory skin conditions such as eczema is on the horizon, according to a new study. American researchers discovered that a compound called SYM2081 inhibited certain cells that drive inflammation in mice and human skin samples. They say it paves the way for new treatments to…
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A young boy who had his dream snatched away by a stadium security guard has reason to cheer again after officials eventually returned his game ball. Even though Levi Still’s father has been a lifelong Cincinnati Bengals fan, his son somehow ended up devoted to the Denver Broncos. This year for…
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An astonishingly well-preserved sword has been uncovered in England among other grave goods that are helping to reveal critical details about the Anglo-Saxons. Dating back to the 6th century, it was found in a cemetery for high-social-status individuals that’s being kept secret from the public due to the value, both historical…
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